Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. Previously, he worked at the Washington Post. In 2001, he was awarded the National Magazine Award for profiles, for his New Yorker piece “The Pitchman,” about Ron Popeil. He is the author of three New York Times best-sellers: “The Tipping Point,” “Blink,” and “Outliers”; a collection of his New Yorker articles titled “What the Dog Saw,” and, most recently, “David and Goliath.”

Watch: The author and New Yorker staff writer Malcolm Gladwell talks about school shootings.